Open AccessCriticality: A New Concept of Severity of Illness for Hospitalized Children
Author(s) -
Eduardo A Trujillo Rivera,
Anita Patel,
James M. Chamberlain,
T. Elizabeth Workman,
Julia A. Heneghan,
Douglas Redd,
Hiroki Morizono,
Dongkyu Kim,
James E. Bost,
Murray M. Pollack
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.299
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1947-3893
pISSN - 1529-7535
DOI - 10.1097/pcc.0000000000002560
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency medicine , receiver operating characteristic , intensive care , acute care , intensive care medicine , health care , economics , economic growth
To validate the conceptual framework of "criticality," a new pediatric inpatient severity measure based on physiology, therapy, and therapeutic intensity calibrated to care intensity, operationalized as ICU care.